Courses

Spring registration is open!

History, music, science, literature, film, writing, art, AI, and more are all on the roster. You must be a current OLLI member to register. Explore the many benefits of membership, including exclusive access to member-only eventsAll are welcome to join! Want an offline view of what's available? Download our spring brochure and start planning! Looking for winter courses? You'll find them here.

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Gain exclusive access to courses, town halls, speaker events, field trips, socials, and more.

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New Member Savings

New members can receive $25 off a single-term membership. Email the office for the special code.

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Beatles Singalong March 23

Channel your inner Fab Four at OLLI @Berkeley's third annual Beatles Singalong! 

Beatles Singalong March 23
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Spring Courses

Monday

Starts March 31

Mon, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Cheese: Milk’s Leap Toward Immortality
Janet Fletcher
Livestreamed + Recorded
Mon, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Close to Life: Writing Short Essays
Christine Schoefer
In Person (Berkeley)
Mon, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Hands-On AI: Going Deeper
Robert Todd
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, Recorded
Mon, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Cryptocurrency: From a Cyberpunk Experiment to a Geopolitical Economic Force
Bebo White
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, Recorded

Starts April 14

Mon, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Diving into the Movies
Harry Chotiner
Livestreamed + Recorded

Starts April 28

Mon, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
San Francisco Opera 2025: A Preview
Clifford "Kip" Cranna
Livestreamed + Recorded
Tuesday

Starts April 01

Tue, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Chinese Cinema
Thomas Gold
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, Recorded
Tue, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Tue, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Theatre’s Greatest Moments: A Short History of the Stage
Peter Davis
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, Recorded
Tue, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM (PT)
iPhoneography
Laura (Yoni) Mayeri
Livestreamed + Recorded
Wednesday

Starts April 02

Wed, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Global Hotspots: The Latest Edition
Darren Zook
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, Recorded
Wed, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Milano: A City Into Design
Pierluigi Serraino
Livestreamed + Recorded
Wed, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
What Do Museums Do?
Marjorie Schwarzer, Mitchell Schwarzer
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, Recorded
Wed, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Turn, Turn, Turn: A Rock ’n’ Roll Road Trip, Part 2
Pete Elman
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, Recorded

Starts April 23

Wed, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Left Behind: Understanding the Rightward Drift in Global Politics
Darren Zook
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, Recorded

Starts April 30

Wed, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Firenze: From Pre-Renaissance to Contemporary Architecture
Pierluigi Serraino
Livestreamed + Recorded
Wed, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Museum Treasures of Berkeley
Thomas Laqueur
In Person (Berkeley)
Thursday

Starts April 03

Thu, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Fully enrolled; waitlist available
Women Writing Age in Fiction
Carol Christ, Susan Van Dyne
In Person (Berkeley)
Thu, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
The Conductor's Art
Ben Simon
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, Recorded
Thu, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Writing Fiction for Children
Mina Witteman
In Person (Berkeley)
Thu, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Neurodiversity: Scholarship, Politics, and Culture
Laura Sterponi
In Person (Berkeley)
Thu, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
John James Audubon and The Birds of America
Eric Simon
Livestreamed + Recorded
Thu, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Out of Many: A People’s History of America to 1783
Richard Bell
Livestreamed + Recorded

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